[h2][color=8dc73f]Kyoka Haizenberuku[/color][/h2]

Hokage funeral, secret twin, imminent attack from unknown terrorist organization.. blah, blah, blah. All of that matter little to Kyoka finally achieving what nobody from her clan was able to do, become a Jonin. It was nice to hear those words but it strangely felt empty as if there was something more to achieve but there was time for that later. No doubt that Shark will be back and assisting in the preparation for him would likely be Kyoka's first and paramount assignment.

The moment the funeral ended (thankfully short), Kyoka would retrieve her cousin and begin her preparations. Unfortunately, Kyoka's observations with the Shark were rather limited and without that opportunity to fully experiment with that arrogant fish, there wasn't much Kyoka could prepare for. There were a few things, however. Kyoka was sure that her sodium powder would have exploded upon contact with that creatures wet skin, judging by the glimmer of being wet all the time. Plus the whole shark and water theme made it very convincing for Kyoka to prepare for water counters. Leading to the other thing Kyoka may have learned, the Shark had absorbed her Acid Wash. She was sure of it! The fact that there was no splash or scattering of the acid hose meant that he had to have been sucking it up, either through jutsu or something else. That bulky weapon was a mystery and a potential candidate for the absorption? Possibly since the confirmed period of absorption came after the apparent fuse with the weapon. The import thing to note was just the difference of power that the Shark had, thus Kyoka would have to make additions to her arsenal.

Kyoka would, of course, offer her notes to the Iwa Kage and the others who were likely to partake in the expected defense. There wasn't a guarantee that Shark would even come to Iwa so maybe all this preparation was useless but if the Shark's associates were all just as powerful, it'd pay to be prepared. Thus, Kyoka invested some of her time in developing a new shielding Jutsu to provide her a defensive measure. Her tarry armor had promise to develop into something but sadly she didn't have a lot of time to perfect anything new. Instead, the majority of her preparations were running through various experiments to create non-Jutsu bombs and reactions that could help. If all of the Shark associates could absorb Jutsu, they'd be doomed if they had to depend on it. Some of which, Kyoka had even tried to explain to her thick-headed cousin, not so much for her to understand but to use her later.

Fast-forward to arrival, Kyoka was pleased to see the arrogant fish hovering over her village on his dome as she had added quite a few bombs and chemicals to counter the watery creature. The Iwa Kage was in impressive form as his powerful earth Jutsu rocked the earth and waves and if she could, Kyoka would have just watched initially to study how the Shark and Kage interacted. Sadly, Rumia was very quick to leap into combat, not surprisingly in hindsight, but that meant Kyoka had to take a more active role seeing as she wouldn't want her darling cousin horribly maimed. Speaking of which, it seems like someone was trying to do just that...

Had it been one, two, or even a small handful, it was doubtful that Kyoka would have seen them so easily but two hundred small metal knives contrasted greatly like a flock of birds in the sky. All with the rough trajectory, they were definitely going for Rumia. Kyoka frowned as that meant there was some sneak amid their village, definitely complicating things. However, how to handle that would come later as Kyoka rapidly went through the hand signals, [color=8dc73f]"Kraken's Tentacles..."[/color] Kyoka muttered almost sounding bored. She flung from her hand a black, tar pod that flew to meet Rumia, and being flung in between Rumia and the incoming knives, it burst into a small contained fire as soon as it was near her cousin. Thanks to Kyoka's closer proximity to her cousin than the knife thrower, her less aerodynamic projectile managed to reach her cousin first. 

Three tar tendrils burst forth from the burning pod and coiled around themselves, reaching up further in the sky to protect Rumia's trajectory as the tendrils formed an impromptu wall. The knives that were most dangerous to Rumia flew right into the tendril's of the kraken, embedding and then exploding. The molten tar made an excellent medium to absorb the blasts and despite a few chunks of tar breaking off quickly cooling to ash, the knives that would have hit Rumia were blocked, allowing any others to explode harmlessly in the air around her cousin. 

The doll, Koma Hitsugi, chimed in amid the static of the radio, suggesting that there was at least a dozen, albeit clones, running amok in the village. [color=8dc73f]"How annoyin'."[/color] Kyoka said to herself thinking people keep using her last name despite it being much longer to pronounce than her first, before turning to the radio and answer back [color=8dc73f]"Just Kyoka, hun. Imma be good n' help but I reckon I gotta protect my Rumia! So Imma be distracted!"[/color] Kyoka turned her attention back to her cousin, watching to see what would become of her charge and willing to support anyway she could.